Pop culture is that loose blend of books, music, fashion and other daily ephemera that contributes to the identity of a society at a particular point in time. In essence, pop culture is a self ...

Popular music was banned. The Communist Party’s Central Committee, under Mao’s direction, described this “Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution” as “a deeper and more extensive stage in ...

July 2017 - In the ten years since the release of Pop Goes Korea: Behind the Revolution in Movies, Music and Internet Culture, Korean popular culture has become bigger and even more successful. This ...

Madonna exemplifies pop-cultural mimicry ... but her initial image paid homage to DIY culture, contrasting sharply with the sugary style of her rival, Cyndi Lauper. Madonna emerged with bold ...